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TIL Belgium, Bulgaria, and Bolivia all share the same national motto: "Unity makes strength"

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0PZL TIL the iconic bassline from The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation Army’ isn’t a bass guitar. It’s a normal guitar shifted down an octave by an effects pedal
VM8Q0 TIL Ray Kroc, who purchased and created the McDonalds business as we know it, was friends with Walt Disney. They'd met in World War I where they drove Red Cross Ambulances together. Both had lied about their age to join the service.
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